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Jared Austin

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Born

in Fort Worth, The United States

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JaredAustin1981

Genre

Young Adult, Science Fiction

Member Since

July 2010

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Jared Austin is a young adult science fiction author who lives in the Rocket City — Huntsville, Alabama. In Space City and the books in the series to follow, he hopes to show and inspire his daughter and son, as well as all of his readers, that science and technology are not dull subjects, but gateways to a brighter, exciting future.

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Average rating: 3.88 · 26 ratings · 10 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Space City (Space City #1) 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Escape (Space City #2) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Space City Outbreak really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contact Not Found (Space City Book 4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Jared Austin

Space City (4 books)
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Illiya

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Heart of Black Ice (Sister of Darkness: The Nicci Chronicles, #4)

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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

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Loved this book. First off, Wil Wheaton is my favorite narrator and he gives a superb performance for the audiobook. The story is also fantastic! Scalzi took what to me was a not overly interesting plot idea, at least based upon the book description, ...more
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